The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HAIR , but the solution may also be MANE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Head locks crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HAIR | 63 % | 4 |
| TRESSES | 13 % | 7 |
| MANE | 13 % | 4 |
| BANGS | 6 % | 5 |
| HANKSOFHAIR | 6 % | 11 |
Why may MANE be the right solution?
"Head locks" is a play on words that refers to the locks of hair on a head, which are also known as a "mane" on certain animals such as lions or horses. Therefore, "MANE" is the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Head locks
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- headlock
- chinlock
- hair
- scissors
- lock
- mane
- tress
- coif
- scalp
- wild
- mop
- afro
Crossword Answer definitions
HAIR noun- A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
- The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.
- A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
- A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.
- A locking spring or other safety device in the lock of a rifle, etc., capable of being released by a slight pressure on a hair-trigger.
- Haircloth; a hair shirt.
- Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
- Complexity; difficulty; quality of being hairy
- To remove the hair from.
- To grow hair (where there was a bald spot).
- To cause to have hair; to provide with hair
- To string the bow for a violin.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result HAIR
- "Aquarius" musical
- Barber's concern
- Head topper
- Slightest of margins
- Stuffing for a mattress
- 1967 rock musical
- Source of Samson's strength
- 1968 rock musical
- It grows on you
- Rock musical
More clues leading to the result TRESSES
- Locks
- Head locks
- Hair locks
- Locks of hair
- Ringlets
- Rapunzel's most notable feature
- Rapunzel's "ladder"
- Snakes, to Medusa
- Hair
- Long locks
More clues leading to the result MANE
- Lioness's lack
- Mister Ed's locks
- Luxuriant locks
- Leonine feature
- Lion's locks
- Lion's pride
- Leonine feature (4)
- Long hair
- Opposed to, in the sticks
- Horse hair
More clues leading to the result BANGS
- Shtups
- Forehead fringe
- Gunfight reports
- Early Beatles trademark
- Forehead cover
- Firecracker sounds
- Loud noises
- Door-slamming sounds
- Hair over the forehead
- Feature of Buster Brown's hairdo